President: We demand to stop the illegal persecution of the Ukrainian church in the occupied Crimea

President Petro Poroshenko called the attack on the temple of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate in Simferopol inadmissible.

It was stated at the meeting with the leadership of churches and the Heroes of Ukraine.

"We must defend our state, our citizens, our faith and our church that has been recently attacked in the occupied Crimea. We are not going to put up with that. We demand to stop the actions against the Ukrainian church," Petro Poroshenko emphasized.